Researching the career of Lothar Matthaeus took me through scores of German newspapers and magazines. In Der Spiegel, best described as like Time but more erudite, an article about MLS was headlined "A Sleeping Giant."

TFC Olympic qualifying: Canada and Guatemala advancePosted by Soccer America on Mar. 27, 12:00 a.m.Canada continued its resurgence, beating host Trinidad & Tobago, 2-0, to win the Group A Olympic qualifying tournament and set up a date with the United States in the final round of qualifying. The other group opponent will be the second-place team in Group B (Mexico, Honduras, Jamaica, Costa Rica) which will be played in Guadalajara, Mexico from April 4-8. ...» 0 Comments

World Cup 2002: St. Kitts & Nevis advancesPosted by Soccer America on Mar. 27, 12:00 a.m.St. Kitts & Nevis beat Turks & Caicos, 6-0, to win their first-round Caribbean series, 14-0, on aggregate. It advances to face St. Vincent & Grenadines in the second round. Austin Huggins had two goals to lead the Kittians. Keith Gumbs, Leroy Francis, George Isaac and John Smith each scored for the second time in the tournament. Both matches were ...» 0 Comments

Olympics: Nigeria, Camerooon and Morocco advancePosted by Soccer America on Mar. 27, 12:00 a.m.Defending champion Nigeria, Cameroon and Morocco all won their respective groups and earned a berth in the 2000 Olympics. The Super Eagles needed to goals in stoppage time to take the Group A title on the goal difference after Angola and Zimbabwe also finished the home-and-home round-robin competition with 12 points each Cameroon edged out South Africa by two points ...» 0 Comments

There will be more foreign-born players in the league than ever before

Columbus is counting on a Colombian. An Iranian with a lot of friends in San Jose is bought to shake up the Earthquakes. Tampa Bay hopes a Senegalese is the next best thing to Roy Lassiter. The MLS import class of 2000 is the largest ever, because of ...» 0 Comments

U.S. Soccer: Charles names preliminary Olympic rosterPosted by Soccer America on Mar. 21, 12:00 a.m.The following is the preliminary roster for the U.S. men's Olympic team that will compete for a spot in this year's Olympics in April. U.S. coach Clive Charles must cut his roster from 25 to 18 players for the tournament April 23-30 in Hershey, Pa. Goalkeepers: Adin Brown (Colorado), Tim Howard (MetroStars), Andy Kirk (Tampa Bay). Defenders: Dan Califf (Los ...» 0 Comments

Creating archenemies in MLS proves to be a work in progress

Don Garber sees the day Major League SoccerÆs fiercest rivalries approach the intensity of some of EuropeÆs biggest derbies. So does Ivan Gazidis, who grew up in the midst of one. Thomas Rongen thinks theyÆre nuts. ôI donÆt think it can ever happen,ö says D.C. UnitedÆs Dutch-born coach, an ...» 0 Comments

MLS: Conference call quotesPosted by Soccer America on Mar. 21, 12:00 a.m.Quotes from the March 21 MLS conference call, the first of the 2000 season: Opening Comments by MLS Executive Vice President Ivan Gazidis "We had a very positive opening weekend, we saw the resumption of some old rivalries between Chicago and Dallas, which was probably one of the best opening games we've had in MLS. It was a terrific game ...» 0 Comments